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Template-protected edit request on 30 August 2018

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Replace the redirect with:

<span class="nowrap">'</span><noinclude>{{documentation}}</noinclude>

This edit was done after a discussion about proper wrapping of {{'}}. The erroneous suggestion to redirect this template to that one was apparently based on a misconception that they were the same thing (that one's for italics and this one's for nonitalics). This template is extensively used at DYK for possessives of topics in bold. Using the current redirection, note how the spacing's off. It looks terrible with the added space before the apostrophe. (This may depend on your browser. In some browsers, there's little difference, but in others, such as Safari, the extra space really makes it look bad.) With my requested change, the spacing's correct (for all browsers). MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:36, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Lordtobi: do you have any input towards this? — xaosflux ^Talk 17:06, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The original discussion is 2+ years old at this point, so I bearly remember anything I thought about this topic at the time. If this is used for non-italics (I presume bolds?), then yeah, it should probably be a seperate styling. I'll restore the content as described above. Lordtobi (✉) 17:46, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Mandarax and Xaosflux: Follow-up question, should {{´}} redirect here? Lordtobi (✉) 17:48, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really have an opinion, was just working the edit request queue. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:31, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much Lordtobi for taking care of this!

As for {{´}}, I'd say not to redirect it here. I think the primary use of {{`}} is for DYK, where it's specified in the guidelines. {{´}} is currently transcluded only once (on a user's Editnotice), so it doesn't make much difference.

However, there is another possible change. Per the original discussion, {{`s}} should have a "nowrap":
<span class="nowrap">'s</span><noinclude>{{documentation}}</noinclude>
(In all my years at DYK, I never encountered a wrapping problem, but it could happen.) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:29, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

All done. Cheers! Lordtobi (✉) 19:44, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:01, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]